[cairns]

Good questions.

1. Here's what I'd like to see, just as examples:

Far more interactive content- letters to the editor and honest answers- whether it be problems with the dealer, the company or just a congratulations to someone locally that did something special.

A MUCH bigger technical section. How to's are wonderful (see excellence).

Restoration articles- with pictures- there are some fantastic examples out there but they only seem to show up in Excellence.

A DE/Auto X feature every month. Developing skill levels, nationalizing standards, analysis of incidents, instructor improvement etc.

Historical articles that are just that- Porsche has a great history and some skeletons. It's all interesting- but tell it in a way that is so and includes the bad. Kill the fawning over the genius of Mssrs. Wendelin, Peter and the late Dr. and don't ever print one of their speeches again (what a waste of paper!).

An honest to God car test. Compare the 911 to the new M3, the Cayenne to the X5 or ML and do so HONESTLY. BMW does it- why can't we?

A larger format- see Roundel, Star and other club magazines. Are we that broke?

2. The current issues are basically Porsche press releases. With pictures furnished by the masters.

3. See 1 above.

And please note- I don't mean to single out Betty Jo. As I said I'm sure she's a wonderful person who has done great things for the club. But we elect new officers (national and local) every year and regularly change local editors, chief instructors etc. 38 years is simply too long and the magazine reflects that. So I'll ask again- why we would keep a person in that position for so long??? That is not a good thing- for her or the club.